"The spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 19 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 85."

"To live with purpose is to leave the world a little gentler than you found it. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."

"I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future."

"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one."

"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

"The darkest nights often reveal that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."